The Lamentation of Christ, by Cornelis Cornelisz II Buys, c. 1530 - c. 1540
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The Lamentation of Christ

Also titled De bewening van Christus

Cornelis Cornelisz II Buys (ca. –1545)

c. 1530 - c. 1540

Medium
panel, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
depth 6.9 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Stichting Jubileumfonds Rijksmuseum
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

De bewening van Christus. Het lichaam van Christus is van het kruis gehaald en wordt ondersteund door Jozef van Arimathea. Rechts ondermeer Maria, Johannes en Maria Magdalena. Op de voorgrond een zalfpot en de doornenkroon. Op de achtergrond Christus aan het kruis.